The Vet Vault: Veterinary Career, Clinical Skills & Wellbeing

Telemedicine. What’s your gut reaction when you hear that term? Maybe you think it was just a clever COVID workaround, or second-rate substitute for a “real” vet visit. Or maybe you’re a bit curious about what it’s like to work in telemedicine— but you’re worried it’ll be boring. Or worse: that you’ll spend your days diagnosing lizards over Zoom. Whatever you think—  chances are,  you’re wrong.  ...

In this solo episode Hugh tackles a bold idea: if you're not currently using AI in your clinical veterinary work, you may be falling behind. And if/when artificial intelligence gets to the point where it reliably has access to all the most up to date information for managing your patients, will you be negligent if you DON’T use it?  Hubert shares how artificial intelligence is quietly but powe...

Join us for the Vet Vault's own conference in the snow: ⁠⁠Vets On Tour Wānaka⁠⁠ , New Zealand, 10-15 August 2025! Have you ever felt pressured, as a vet, to do more 'stuff' - diagnostics, procedures, and sell more, even when you can’t quite see the clinical justification for it? In this episode we welcome Dr. Brennen McKenzie -veterinarian, researcher, creator of the SkeptVet blog , author of Plac...

Veterinary practice can be unpredictable, exhausting, and full of interruptions - not that conducive to getting things done, right? But what if you could handle it all with  mind-like-water  calm? In this episode I pick the brain of productivity legend  David Allen , creator of  Getting Things Done (GTD) , to show you exactly how. This isn’t about squeezing more into your day — it’s about cutting...

“Did you know the AVMA doesn’t actually require a residency to become a specialist?” Yeah, neither did we—until Dr. Matt Booth dropped that fact-bomb. And it’s bigger than just an interesting fact - it’s a mindset shift that cracks the door wide open to alternative routes to specialisation —for veterinarrians who want to grow their careers, but can’t jump through the hoops of the traditional resid...

Most vets believe it’s inevitable—on average, they leave Emergency and Critical Care (ECC) after just 3-5 years. The obvious culprit? Shift work, right? But what if that’s just scratching the surface? In this episode, I sit down with Dr. Matt Booth , ER Practice Development Lead at Ethos Veterinary Health, to break down surprising findings from his survey of 3,500 emergency veterinarians. Together...

Try our AI Blood Gas Assistant here Are you wasting hours on outdated study methods like cramming and re-reading—only to forget everything by exam day? You might be studying wrong—and Dr. Matt Hollindale is here to help you fix that so you can learn smarter, not harder. When preparing for his ECC Membership exams, Dr. Matt became obsessed with the science of study. The result? He achieved the top...

Lift your clinical game with our RACE-approved clinical podcasts at  vvn.supercast.com  for more clinical confidence and better patient outcomes, or check out our Advanced Surgery Podcast at  cutabove.supercast.com . Get case support from our team of specialists in our  Specialist Support Space . Subscribe to our weekly newsletter  for Hubert's favourite clinical and non-clinical learnings from th...

Hands up if you feel truly valued and respected at work.   In this episode, we dig deep into what truly makes employees feel valued and how leaders can create workplaces that people never want to leave. Spoiler: It’s not just about pay, pizza parties, or avoiding toxic behaviour. We’re aiming much higher!  Why You Should Listen Workplaces that crack the code of real team respect and value don’t ju...

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Lift your clinical game with our RACE approved clinical podcasts. Get your first two weeks free at ⁠⁠vvn.supercast.com⁠⁠   for more clinical confidence and better patient outcomes, or check out our Advanced Surgery Podcast at ⁠cutabove.supercast.com⁠ .  Get case support from our team of specialists in our ⁠Specialist Support Space⁠ . What if you asked the head of a famous business school for some...

Lift your clinical game with our RACE approved clinical podcasts. Get your first two weeks free at ⁠⁠⁠vvn.supercast.com⁠⁠⁠   for more clinical confidence and better patient outcomes, or check out our Advanced Surgery Podcast at ⁠⁠cutabove.supercast.com⁠⁠ .  Get case support from our team of specialists in our ⁠⁠Specialist Support Space⁠⁠ . If you scroll through any veterinary chat group you won’t...

If you work in emergency practice, or you're considering it, then this episode is for you. ⁠Dr Brooke Schampers ⁠ and ⁠Dr Taleta Hompas ⁠ are ECC veterinarians with more than two decades experience between them who create resources and coach others on how to thrive as an ECC shift worker through there ⁠EMV4Life⁠ program. In this episode they will tell you: How to better structure your shifts to op...

Lift your clinical game with our RACE approved clinical podcasts. Get your first two weeks free at ⁠⁠vvn.supercast.com⁠⁠   for more clinical confidence and better patient outcomes, or check out our Advanced Surgery Podcast at ⁠cutabove.supercast.com⁠ .  Get case support from our team at specialists in our ⁠Specialist Support Space⁠ . Topics and Time Stamps We love to hear from you. If you have a q...

et access to our clinical podcast series with our ⁠⁠⁠30% off IVECCS Special.⁠⁠⁠ Get case support from our team at specialists in our ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Specialist Support Space⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ . Hands up if you still remember much of the statistics you learned back in vet school… Some of us have looked at way more P nappies than p-values since our student days! But this is veterinary SCIENCE after all, and part of science...

Lift your clinical game with our RACE approved clinical podcasts. Get your first two weeks free at ⁠vvn.supercast.com⁠   for more clinical confidence and better patient outcomes, or check out our Advanced Surgery Podcast at cutabove.supercast.com .  Get case support from our team at specialists in our Specialist Support Space . Contact Credabl  for questions and help around personal and profession...

You’ll hear a lot of complaining and blaming of leaders for everything that’s wrong with veterinary science. But the reality is that leading people is a very hard job, especially in a profession as complicated and nuanced as veterinary science. So this episode is for our leaders. We hope that it helps make your job of making our profession better just a little bit easier. David Liss is the Directo...

In a world of Amazon and Uber-level convenience, where digital disruptors are changing the way the world interacts and how we do business, why do we think that the vet profession won't be impacted? "We're facing a lot of disruption. There is this class of digital disruptive dis-intermediators that are emerging and trying to displace the position of the veterinary clinic. Many of them...

Ah, those liver enzymes... sometimes they are up when you don't expect them to be. Sometimes they're up a bit... but not that much, so you don't know if it's actually significant. Or sometimes they're way out of whack, but you're not sure what that means exactly, or what to do next. In this episode, Small Animal Medicine Specialist, RCVS Course Director and clinical reasoni...

Be part of the conversation to help shape the Vet Vault with your feedback . Many of us dream of building a practice, and then one day selling it and walking off into the sunset, minus responsibilities, and with our money problems solved. But what actually happens after what’s supposed to be ‘the big goal’? Who are you when you’re no longer the boss, and what’s next?   In this episode, ⁠Dr Wolfgan...

This little bonus episode is for a very select audience of brave souls who have already completed the written part of their Australia New Zealand College Of Veterinary Scientists membership exams, and are due to sit oral exams in a few week’s time. It's made from snippets of conversation about how to get into the right head space for the oral exams, with tips on last minute preparation, and wh...

If you clicked on this episode, then I’m guessing that you already know WHAT the Australian and New Zealand College of Veterinary Scientists membership exams are. Maybe you’re considering sitting them, or perhaps you’ve already put your hand up for 2025, but you still have so many questions. Like, how much time would I need to commit, how much study is required each week, HOW hard is it actually,...

Have you ever considered doing something other than clinical veterinary practice, only to get stuck at 'but what else could I do? The only skill I have is fixing sick animals!' Dr Steph Morley will show how how wrong you are. You'll learn how the skills and attributes that make you a good vet are highly valued outside of the vet clinic, and how to re-write your CV to make it applicable...

You know that conversation that you have with your client when you first diagnose congestive heart failure in their mitral valve disease dog? The one where you say: 'This will be the thing that kills your pet.' Well, that conversation is changing.  Veterinary cardiologists   Dr Brad Gavaghan and Dr Fiona Meyers  introduce us to TEER (Transcatheter Edge-to-Edge Repair), a minimally invasive...